Press Release

UNRWA AWARDED KING HUSSEIN FOUNDATION HUMANITARIAN PRIZE

FOR ITS 'TIRELESS EFFORTS' TO PROMOTE PEACE

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, 14 November (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has won the King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize for its 50 years of services to Palestine refugees and its emergency work in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip over the last 13 months.

                                                            Note No. 5696

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM POVERTY, HUNGER, POOR HEALTH UNLIKELY

TO ENJOY HUMAN RIGHTS, DELEGATES STRESS IN THIRD COMMITTEE

Importance of Right to Development, Maintenance

Of International Peace, Security Emphasized as Human Rights Debate Continues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

53^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS VICTORY FOR ITS PEOPLE, GLOBAL COMMUNITY,

AFGHANISTAN’S REPRESENTATIVE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Hears 14 More Speakers in General Debate;

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL COOPERATION AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS SEEN AS

POSITIVE SIGN BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS

Call for Similar Unity in Face of Other Challenges;

Fourteen More Speakers Heard as Main Debate Continues

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES URGENT NEED TO ESTABLISH

BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL NEEDED

TO GET AFGHANISTAN ON PATH TO LASTING PEACE

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan:

Security Council

4414^th Meeting (AM & PM)

AFGHANISTAN, ONE OF UN'S GREATEST CHALLENGES, AT 'MOST URGENT STAGE',

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT DAY-LONG SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

Special Representative Outlines Plans for Political Transition;

SIGNING CEREMONIES PAVE WAY FOR TWO TREATIES COMING INTO FORCE

United Nations Legal Instruments on Rights of Child,

Migratory Fish Conservation Reach Required Number of Supporters

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

AT PALAIS WILSON FROM 12 TO 23 NOVEMBER 2001

Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports

From Ukraine, Benin, Indonesia, Zambia and Israel

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)